Happy November!

 Reminders: Thanks for all the Scholastic orders! The kids are going to be sooo excited. If you didn’t order for October, catch November’s order. The order magazines will come home this Thursday. On Tuesday, the kids came home with their ApexFunRun card. The Jogathon is our biggest fundraiser for our school. The money we raise helps buy things for our classroom and sends us on field trips. Please log onto www.apexfunrun.com and create their profile. You will also need to choose your child’s shirt size for the day of the run. Their access code is on their card. I logged in as a parent for my own kids and it was very easy. Let friends and family know they can log on and pledge your child’s run. I’ll give out more info on this big event! Let me know if anyone has difficulties logging in.  

Language Arts: This week we are continuing reading Non-Fiction and Fiction books. We will be focusing on the Setting of the book. (Where the story takes place.) When reading with your child talk about the setting or different settings in the story. Look at pictures and point out any words in the story that describe the setting. We are also starting to talk about Nouns. (person, place, or thing.) Play the Noun game with your child. Think of a noun and give 3 describing words or facts about the noun and see if your child can guess it.

Example: (I’m thinking of a noun. It’s pink, it lives on a farm and it loves the mud! Answer: A pig! See if your child can give three facts about a noun and you guess!

Phonics/ Spelling: This week we are working on words ending with –ck, double consonants and sight words.

Spelling Test will be on Friday, please study with your child.

1. duck
2. rock
3. clock
4. kick
5. class
6. hill
7. were
8. said
9. are
10. from

Math: This week we are learning and memorizing our Doubles.1+1= 2, 2+2=4, etc. all the way up to 10+10=20. Please work with your child to memorize these math facts.

 Writing: We are continuing our Opinion Writing. This week they will write about their favorite place to go.

 Science/ Social Studies: We are finishing up our Light investigations and will be starting our Map Unit. The students will begin learning the 7 continents.

 Upcoming Events:

Friday 11/11: No School Veterans Day

Friday 11/14: Jogathon/ ApexRun

Happy Halloween Week!

Reminders: Please order Scholastics. It’s due by this Thursday, October 27^th. If you spend $10 you get a free book. Every dollar you spend we get points to get books for our classroom!

 Language Arts: We are continuing to learn about Bats this week. We will read informational books and non-fiction books about them. We will be writing a poem and doing an art project as well.

 Phonics/ Spelling: This week we are working on the –ing, -all, and –ink word families. Please have your child come up with rhyming words.

Spelling Test will be on Friday, please study with your child.

1. king
2. sing
3. bring
4. ball
5. tall
6. stall
7. small
8. sink
9. think
10. drink

Math: We are starting our new chapter on Addition. Please work on using the Touch Math strategies of counting the dots on the numbers or have your child memorize math facts to 10.

 Writing: We are still working on Opinion Writing. Encourage your child to write 4-5 sentences for homework. We will also be working on a Bat Poem this week.

 Science: We been having fun learning about Light. We will working on creating shadows and trying to bend light this week.   

Upcoming Important Dates:

10/28 Halloween Parade & Spirit Awards 8:45 * Room 4 Halloween Skit right after. Please come dressed in your costume and bring a change of clothes.

10/31 No School/ Staff Development

 It has been a very busy week with Parent Conferences. I’ve enjoyed meeting with all of you. Red Folders went home with two papers that you will need to sign and return.  

 Language Arts: We are very excited to be putting on a Halloween Skit. The kids have already started practicing their parts. We would love for parents to come and watch the play on Friday, October 28^th in the morning after our Halloween Parade. This week we will be reading different books on Bats. We will be reading Informational Books/ Non-Fiction and bat stories that are Fiction. Try reading at home both fictional stories and informational books and ask your child if they can state what kind of book it is. Fiction –Fake or Non-

Fiction – Facts.

Phonics/ Spelling:

Spelling Test will be on Friday, please study with your child.

1. ship
2. shut
3. wish
4. fish
5. cash
6. thin
7. than
8. then
9. this
10. math

 Math: We are finishing up Chapter 3 on Subtraction. The Chapter test will be next Friday, October 21^st.

 Writing: This week we will be writing about our favorite movie. Please encourage your child to write at least 4-5 sentences at home for homework. If they finish HW packets early, you can always ask them to do a quick write on what their favorite thing they did at school for the day. The more practice they get, the better writers they will become.

 Science:

We will be starting our Light Unit. Please have your child bring a flashlight to school on Monday, October 17^th. We will be doing quite a few light investigations.  

 Upcoming Important Dates:

10/28 Halloween Parade & Spirit Awards 8:45

10/31 No School/ Staff Development

Happy October! We are jumping into the season already. Room 4 is filled with different pumpkins.

Reminders: Scholastic Book Club magazines go home this week. Please support our classroom library as well as your home library by ordering books. You can order online or send in a check payable to Scholastics.  

Parent Conference reminder slips will come home today. please sign and send back with your child.

 Language Arts: We are continuing to talk about characters and how they change throughout the story. Maybe the character was shy in the beginning of the story and by the end was brave. Please continue to read to your child every night. Ask questions about the character in the story. Why do you think the character did that? How do you think the character feels? How did the character change?

 Phonics/ Spelling: Sight word list. The Spelling Test will be on Friday, please study with your child.

1. went
2. there
3. have
4. when
5. because
6. they
7. like
8. with
9. and
10. my

Math: Students are working on subtracting. Please review how to count backwards from 20.

 Writing: This week we will be creating Pumpkin Farm Posters. The kids will be describing their pumpkins and all the different things you can do with them.

 Science:This week we will be finishing our Unit on Sound. The kids had a blast building their Sound Devices last week. sound test will be today. 

 Upcoming Important Dates:

10/10- 10/14 Parent Conferences

Early Dismissal at 1:30 10/10- 10/13 No School on 10/14

10/28 Halloween Parade & Spirit Awards 8:45

10/31 No School/ Staff Development

Hello Room 4 Parents,

We are excited to announce that we got class pets! Ask your child all about Elsa and Tuna.
Here is what we are working on this week!

 Reminders: Please turn in your child’s Emergency Food Bag. If you haven’t yet, please pledge to PTA.

 Language Arts: We are learning about characters in the story and Character Traits. Read with your child at home and ask them comprehension questions. Who is the story about? What did the character do in the story? Is the character a good guy or bad? Why?

 Phonics/ Spelling: Review short vowel sounds (a, i, o)

Spelling Test will be on Friday.

1. top
2. hop
3. mop
4. not
5. pot
6. lot
7. box
8. dog
9. frog
10. blog

 Math: Students are working on adding numbers to 10. Chapter 1 Math Test will be on 9/23

 Writing: We are working on writing simple sentences with a capital and period. Please encourage your child to write sentences at home about what they did at school. It’s okay to kid spell. The more they practice the better they will get at writing!

 Science/ Social Studies: We are finishing our unit on Good Citizenship and will begin our Science unit on Sound.

Upcoming Important Dates:

Picture Day 9/22

Spirit Awards 9/30

Parent Conferences 10/10- 10/14

Early Dismissal Mon-Thur @ 1:30 No School on 10/14